Brinkley
Americannoun
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I am old enough to remember some serious TV news anchors who would be untelegenic by today’s standards—Dave Garroway and Frank Blair on the “Today” show, David Brinkley and Chet Huntley in the evening, and the Sunday shows with a parade of questioners who looked as glamorous as my dad, a Wisconsin insurance salesman.
There was even one starring an actual supermodel, Christie Brinkley, 71, with her daughter, Sailor, who’s 27.
Did I mention that Christie Brinkley is a supermodel?
“I don’t think they ought to believe me, or they ought to believe Brinkley, or they ought to believe anybody who’s on the air, or they ought to get all their news from one television station,” Cronkite said.
From Los Angeles Times
“This has everything you want in a memoir and even more stuff you don’t — which is what made it so surprising and surprisingly enjoyable! Supermodel Christie Brinkley unpacks her supermodel career, four marriages and many, many wild romances that would put Elizabeth Taylor to shame. We jump on a boat with Billy Joel, run into Whitney Houston, Elle MacPherson and Muhammad Ali, plus experience magical sand that saves her from a traumatic helicopter crash. Bonus: What it’s like to get negged by Sylvester Stallone’s brother.”
From Los Angeles Times
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